The Whole Enchilada
Yes, all of it. A complete index of every article published here (so far).
March 2026
The Times God Blessed Me by Saying “No” Two of my life’s big disappointments later revealed themselves as acts of God’s merciful providence
When the Clouds Finally Break A Reflection on the Journey to Heaven from 35,000 Feet
Famous Sayings in Scripture Common Phrases You Hear Every Day That Come Straight from the Bible
Five Reasons Protestants Become Catholic Surprised by Truth: How authority, history, beauty, the Eucharist, and personal witness lead Protestants to the Catholic Church
February 2026
The White Man’s Burden A look back at my 1993 “Does the Bible Teach Sola Scriptura?” debate with Protestant apologist James White
“Do Not Go Beyond What Is Written” What 1 Corinthians 4:6 actually means and why it doesn’t support sola scriptura
Why Does God Allow Children to Suffer? My Son’s Emergency Room Visit Gave Me an Insight I Never Expected
I Was Too Busy to Visit My Dying Friend Terminal Illness, Guilt, and Unexpected Forgiveness
What I Learned From an Angry Ex-Catholic The Unexpected Power of Listening Instead of Defending
The Man Who Bought a Wrench in 1929 Why some guarantees are worth trusting
January 2026
What Did Jesus Mean by “Vain Repetition”? What Scripture actually teaches about persistence, formula prayers, and faith
Knock, Knock I Was Only 15 the First Time I Went Toe-to-Toe with Mormon Missionaries
The Confession I Didn’t Make An Embarrassing Case of Sacramental Mistaken Identity
What’s Up With the Rapture? A Catholic Critique of the Pre-Tribulation Rapture Theory
That Time I Stayed in a Haunted Hotel When a Ghost Child Called for “Mom!” and the Room Tried to Spook Me
You Better Man Up Before Asking to Marry My Daughter Advice for a Dad Facing His Daughter’s Live-In Boyfriend
Why Do Catholics Call Mary the Mother of God? Biblical and Historical Proof from the Early Church
Why Did God Say “I Hate Divorce”? What the Bible and the Catholic Church Really Teach on Divorce and Remarriage
Sects and Sin in Manila A World Youth Day Encounter in the Philippines
Where Does God Live? A Friendly Chat Between a Catholic and Mormon Missionaries
Once Saved Always Saved? Not According to the Bible Why the Notion of Eternal Security Collapses Under Biblical Scrutiny
Any Friend of God’s Is a Friend of Mine The Biblical Case for the Intercessory Role of Mary and the Saints
Is the Pope the Beast of Revelation? No, and no amount of number crunching with fake papal titles can make it so
More Vicarius Thrills The numbers of the beast and the men who flub them
The Evolution of God in Mormonism A Catholic Examination of LDS Eternal Progression and the Plurality of Gods
Is Drinking Alcohol a Sin? What the Bible Actually Says About Wine, Strong Drink, and Drunkenness
You’re Not Getting All of Jesus? The Gasp-Inducing Question About Holy Communion That Even Some Lifelong Catholics Misunderstand
Why Catholics Reject the Mormon “Great Apostasy” Theory The Bible shows that if the Mormon claim is true, Jesus was either a liar or a failure
The Priest Who Would Not Quit How St. Francis de Sales Reclaimed a Calvinist Stronghold for the Catholic Faith
December 2025
Why People Who Listen More Are Taken More Seriously And why talking less often makes you wiser
The Solution That Literally Hit Me in the Face A Sinus Headache Story
Frank Sheed: The Prophet of Hyde Park A Giant of Catholic Apologetics You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
The Jerk How Youthful Sarcasm Turned Me Into Someone I Never Meant to Be
The Myth That the Catholic Church Banned the Bible — Debunked Vernacular Bibles Flourished in the Catholic Church Long Before Wycliffe and Luther
He Lay in a Manger and Held the Whole World The Mystery of Divine Power Hidden in Human Weakness
No Room at the Inn How I Learned to Open My Heart When I Wanted to Close the Door
The Christmas Gift No One Wanted and One Soul Needed When Staying Quiet Is Not an Option
The Day Our Daughter Disappeared Every Parent’s Worst Fear
I Never Said You Stole Money Why Misunderstanding the Bible Is Easier Than You Think
Fourteen Steps of Love The Magnificent Stations of the Cross at All Saints Newman Center in Tempe, AZ
Pastoral Malpractice: How Bad Advice Robs Catholic Couples of Children and Joy The Crisis of Bad Confessional Advice on Sex, Contraception, Sterilization, and Porn
The Doughnut Shop Debate You Don’t Always Have to Start the Conversation
No, Natural Family Planning Is Not Contraception The Church’s Clear Distinction Makes All the Difference
Why Secular Culture Mocks “Thoughts and Prayers” The Difference Between Empty Platitudes and Actual Prayer
Did Jesus and John the Baptist Ever Meet? What Scripture Actually Says About Their Relationship Before the Lord’s Baptism
The Plane Crash That Almost Killed Me A True Story of a Spur-of-the-Moment Decision and a Flight I Was Supposed to Be On
Don’t Judge a Biker by His Tattoos How a dead van, a thunderstorm, and two “scary” mechanics showed me the love of Jesus
Noisy Kids at Mass? How to Handle Church Disruptions with Grace, Charity, and Patience
Did Jesus Go to Hell? What the Creed Really Means When It Says He “Descended into the Underworld”
Truth or Consequences? What resorting to a “harmless” lie reveals about your character
Why Does it Say Jesus Rose “Again”? A brief clarification for those who have wondered about the Creed’s phrasing
The Catholic Ten Commandments Explained Understanding why the Church numbers them the way it does
Do Catholics Worship Statues? What the Bible teaches about sacred images and how Catholics practice it
Battle of the Bands The Night My Garage Band Brought Down the House
God Loves UPS Proof that God can (and does) work miracles of conversion through brown trucks
My Girlfriend’s Dad That Sunny So Cal Summer I Learned to Defend My Faith
Guess What, Mom A Catholic Mother Responds When Her Child Leaves the Church for a “Bible-Only” Faith
November 2025
Bond of Brothers Did Pope Leo XIV Go Too Far on “Fraternity” and the “Brotherhood of Man” During His Visit to Turkey?
“I Am Not Accustomed to Repeating Myself!” The Unsettling Accuracy of AI Memory Reconstruction
Could a Priest Executed by Firing Squad a Century Ago Inspire Mexico’s Renewal? How Canonizing Martyr Blessed Miguel Pro, S.J., Could Help Mexico Break Free from Its Deadly Spiral of Violence
In 2004 Porn Was a Crisis. Now It’s Something Far Worse. Revisiting a piece I wrote in 2004 revealed how much deeper the porn crisis has grown since the early Internet era
The Myth That the Push for Open Borders Is a Myth What the evidence shows about open-border advocacy in major media and among influential commentators
Are You Guaranteed to Be Saved? If salvation can’t be lost (as some say), why does the Bible warn about it so often?
Angels: The REAL Guardians of the Galaxies St. Thomas Aquinas on their unseen influence in the cosmos
Well, That Didn’t Work One Baptist’s First Visit to a Catholic Church Didn’t Go at All as I Had Planned
Bowing to the Priest at Mass? Not every reverent gesture is actually traditional
You Have How Many Kids? An Offhand Comment That Changed Everything
Guilt Show The Danger of Jumping to Conclusions
The Power of a Father’s Example What I Learned from Something My Dad Never Said
Morning Coffee Little things done with love, over time, produce large dividends
The Beggar I met Christ in the place I least expected: standing beside an ice machine in the cold
Can Mary and the Saints Really Hear Our Prayers? Here’s what the Bible Teaches and the Early Church Believed
Recent Scientific Discoveries that Point to the Existence of God Science can’t prove (or disprove) God’s existence, but these five discoveries raise questions that suggest He does
What’s in a Name? Who Gets to Decide What Non-Mormons Call the Mormon Church?
October 2025
Should You Pray About the Book of Mormon? A Catholic Response to a Common Mormon Invitation
Halloween, Demonic Possession, and Faith in God An Important Lesson I Learned by Not Watching “The Exorcist”
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